State news briefs

WIFE DRIVES TRUCK INTO HOME OF HUBBY'S GIRLFRIEND: PIONEERTOWN (AP) — Investigators say a Southern California woman angry over her husband's love affair drove a truck into the other woman's desert home.

KCDZ radio says 49-year-old Karen Eastwood caused significant structural damage early Tuesday when she drove the big-rig into the house in Pioneertown, a rural Morongo Valley community about 60 miles east of San Bernardino.

Sheriff's investigators say the woman rammed the truck into the house several times as revenge for having a relationship with her husband.

A preliminary statement by three judges in Los Angeles requires a judge who dismissed charges aimed at a paparazzo who authorities say was driving recklessly to review his order. The judge may stick to his ruling, which would trigger a full appeal, or he could schedule further arguments on the case against freelance photographer Paul Raef.

Raef was the first person charged under the new law after a high-speed chase involving Justin Bieber last year.

Superior Court Judge Thomas Rubinson dismissed two charges in November, ruling the law is too broad and is unconstitutional.

CALIFORNIA INMATE DIES WHILE AWAITING EXECUTION: SACRAMENTO (AP) — A 61-year-old inmate has died while awaiting execution at San Quentin State Prison.

Prison officials say James Leslie Karis was found unresponsive alone in his cell early Thursday.

Karis was sentenced to death by a Sacramento County jury in 1982 for kidnapping two Placerville women, raping one, and shooting both in the back.